FAQ - nodeschool/fort-worth GitHub Wiki

How do I get rid of these EACCESS errors?

We recommend using a tool called Node Version manager (nvm). NVM will manage multiple versions of Node for you, and will install each version a .nvm folder in your home directory to prevent the permissions errors common in a standard Node install within /usr/local/bin.

Steps

1. Uninstall current version of Node
   • These steps are going to vary depending on how original installation method, several methods are outlined in this stack overflow post
   • Standard node install: sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d ~/.npm ~/.node-gyp /opt/local/bin/node opt/local/include/node /opt/local/lib/node_modules
2. Install latest version of nvm
   • The command will complain if you don't have a .bashrc or .bash_profile in your home directory. If you do not, open a terminal and type touch ~/.bash_profile
   • Run the curl install, version may be more current on the nvm Github repository curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
   • Close your terminal session completely (Command+Q) and re-open your terminal
   • Running nvm should produce the default help documentation
3. Install node with NVM
   • Run nvm install node to get the latest version of node. At this point you have a fully functional version of node installed aliased as the 'default'. It will be available every time you start a bash session.
   • If you want a specific version, you can run nvm install {version}. The nvm utility will then allow you to switch between them with nvm use {version}. Please see the nvm documentation for more advanced usage.
4. Profit?